Issue Nine was launched at Main Hall on St-Laurent (RIP) with Mr Vladimir, always-the-crowd-pleaser KABOOM, and Tessa and the Bear Cave (RIP) feat Tessa Jones. Jon Nussbaum read his poem during the intermission, paused, realized someone was paying attention, muttered "Oh, someone's there", and started over because it was possible, he feared, that some of his words were missed.